The Fat Spy (1966)

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

Joseph Cates

Writer:

Matthew Andrews (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

It's a killer... a Diller... a blast of laffs!

Plot:

Off the coast of Florida, a nearly-deserted island is rumored to have the fountain of youth. A boatload...

Plot Keywords:

Fountain Of Youth | Florida | Motorboat | Mermaid | Bicycle

Cast

Phyllis Diller	...	Camille Salamander
Jack E. Leonard	...	Irving / Herman Gonjular (Twins)
Brian Donlevy	...	George Wellington
Johnny Tillotson	...	Dodo Bronk
Jayne Mansfield	...	Junior Wellington
Lauree Berger	...	Nanette
Jordan Christopher	...	Frankie
The Wild Ones	...	Themselves (Band)
Lou Nelson	...	Punjab, The Sikh
Toni Lee Shelly	...	Naiomi the Mermaid
Penny Roman	...	Herself
Adam Keefe	...	Special Voice (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuck Alden	...	Treasure Hunter
Jill Bleidner	...	Treasure Hunter
Tommy Graves	...	Treasure Hunter
Linda Harrison	...	Treasure Hunter
Jeanette Taylor	...	Treasure Hunter
Tommy Trick	...	Treasure Hunter
Toni Turner	...	Treasure Hunter
Tracy Vance	...	Treasure Hunter
Deborah White	...	Treasure Hunter
Eddie Wright	...	Treasure Hunter

Runtime:

USA:80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Cape Coral, Florida, USA

Company:

Phillip Productions

Trivia:

Filmed in June and July 1965, Jayne Mansfield was then five-six months pregnant with the last of her five children, son Antonio Raphael Ottaviano (AKA: Tony Cimber).

Quotes:

Wellington: Whoever those teenagers are, I want them driven back into the sea!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004) (V)

Truly truly awful

Oh, dear God, no! Well look, okay, we all know that some truly awful music films were made in the 60s (look at most of the dross with Elvis in), and I have to say that this really is awful.

Such lines as "gee, can I sing my song now" punctuate the film throughout, as do pointless dance scenes... oh, not proper choreography such as with Oliver! or Guys and Dolls, but just dreadful F-rated actors and actresses swinging on the beach.

Oh and then we have the Fat Spy himself, who must be in his late 50s. He joins in the swinging (sadly, dancing, nothing blue) and when the cats and dudes (or whatever they called girls and boys) talk about him, one of the girls said that he was at school in New York. For freud's sake - he looks about 50! Oh dear God! Well look, yes Elvis filmed some dross, but at least his films were partially saved by the songs and by his charisma. The songs in this piece of.... of... I can't think of a non-rude word... are just awful. Poorly recorded, terrible lip synch... to be honest the whole film could have been done better by a film student who has only attended Cinematography 101.

There we go... now for goodness sake, get off this board and go watch a decent old movie like Oh, Mr Porter or if you fancy some flimsy popcorn pap, maybe something like Bullet Proof Monk (yes its mediocre, but the two leads have more charm in their little toes than this whole movie!)